tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431360523191384388.post374240079382351549..comments2020-06-05T02:26:54.087-05:00Comments on Bike Walk Lincoln Park: Data doesn’t always tell the whole storyBike Walk Lincoln Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901957031606116893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431360523191384388.post-81301589171991913502012-05-15T21:22:44.393-05:002012-05-15T21:22:44.393-05:00Thanks for your comments, tomtakt. I&#39;ve been t...Thanks for your comments, tomtakt. I&#39;ve been thinking about the costs of building and maintaining streets, and agree we should always make sure we only have as much as is needed. This crosses my mind a lot when I am once again struck by the sight of the behemoth eight lanes of outer Lake Shore Drive, combined with another two or four lanes of inner Lake Shore Drive along much of it. I guess that all seemed to be a good idea in the 1930s. -- MSBike Walk Lincoln Parkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901957031606116893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431360523191384388.post-79949532333104608142012-05-15T15:41:38.070-05:002012-05-15T15:41:38.070-05:00There are actually many attempts going on in the t...There are actually many attempts going on in the transportation research community to create means of capturing almost everything that you&#39;ve suggested using a data-driven analysis. I&#39;m not agreeing or disagreeing with the data approach, but one question I never see asked is: how much does it cost to pave and maintain that extra set of unnecessary lanes? How much would the long-term maintenance bill go down if we started reducing excessive pavement widths down to what&#39;s really needed.<br /><br />We should continue to advocate for specific changes where we think something really needs to be done, but we should also advocate for a change in how the street design process works, kind of like is suggested in this article: http://otrec.us/news/entry/streets_as_places_to_stop_and_stay_lessons_from_europetomtakthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918080266003537176noreply@blogger.com